Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '23 at 20:12
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 542 52% 427 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.8.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 23.9 13% 22.2 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 24.8 18% 22.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 500GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS2227I SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 160 152 219 218 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 410 Write 280 Mixed 134 SusWrite 185 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 8.8 73% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 10.3 52% 118 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 100%
Transcend TS2TSSD220Q 2TB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: V0414A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 178 171 176 170 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 324 Write 203 Mixed 236 SusWrite 173 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 28.3 124% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 50.5 66% 119 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 106%
Ne-1tb 2280 1TB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 954GB free Firmware: V0926A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 529 514 538 526 527 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 568 Mixed 537 SusWrite 523 128% 569 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 24.1 137% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 503 DQ Mixed 344 306% 461 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 281%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 403GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 159 174 141 173 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 170 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 166 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 103%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 488GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 172 185 178 179 182 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 179 148% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 110% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 81%
ST310005 20AS 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 403GB free, PID 104a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 62 61 62 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 97.1 Write 91.4 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 62 101% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KRE-D3U1600M/8G 0811 JHC1600U1108JY 1319 KRE-D3U1600M/8G Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	32	5	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	696x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16